Tuesday, May 17, 2011

We recently celebrated my daughter's First Holy Communion and I wanted a simple "Congratulations" banner to hang for the occasion. I made this banner out of scrapbook paper and grosgrain ribbon in an afternoon. I opted to make a very simple banner, but it could be embellished to be as fancy as you would like it to be.

Supplies:

scrapbook paper

ribbon, twine or yarn

adhesive

hole punch

Step One:Cut out your triangles--however many you need for your banner. I needed fifteen to spell out my word.

Step Two:Cut out your letters. I used my Cricut to cut mine out, but you could use any sort of craft cutter or even use letter stickers (from the scrapbook section of the craft store), a stencil, or just use a marker.

Step Three:Adhere your letters to the pennants. I used scrapbooking adhesive (a tape runner) for this step, but you could use a glue stick or whatever you have handy.

Step Four:This step is skippable, but I'm addicted to my corner rounding punch, so I used that on the corners of each pennant. Here you can see that I used it on the "C" but hadn't yet used it on the "O". I think it just gives my simple banner a nice finishing touch. Very skippable though if you don't have this punch.

Step Five:Punch two holes in the top of each of your triangles and thread your banner! Use ribbon, twine, yarn--whatever looks best!

About Me

I'm a SAHM to a seven year old girl and a five year old boy. I spend my time balancing my daughter's need for fluff and frills and my son's need for dump trucks. Sometimes I mix things up and give him the fluff and frills. He's still little...he doesn't mind a hairbow or two now and then.